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AL HB482
Bill
Status
4/14/2015
Primary Sponsor
Alan Boothe
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AI Summary
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Establishes residency requirements for the three circuit judges in the twelfth judicial circuit (Pike and Coffee Counties): judgeship No. 1 must be held by a Pike County resident, and judgeships No. 2 and No. 3 must be held by Coffee County residents.
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Requires any candidate for a circuit judgeship in the twelfth judicial circuit to have been a resident of the relevant county for at least one year prior to qualifying as a candidate and to maintain residency during their tenure in office.
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Makes the residency requirements operative only upon a vacancy in any of the three judgeships, defined as when a judge dies, retires, resigns, or is removed from office.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Coffee and Pike Counties, circuit judges, residency requirement of vacancy in office, Sec. 12-17-20 am'd.
Judicial Circuits
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
4/14/2015